Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Appeal Number: 4331
Decision Date: April 3, 2018
Associate Dean: Jill Atkinson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Aubrey McLeod
Student Email: 16awm@queensu.ca

Course: ENGL 200
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2017
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: DRAM 200
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2017
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: ENGL 258
Term: Winter
Year: 2018
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: ENGL 292
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2017
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: PROF 110
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2017
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline


Dear Mr. McLeod:

I have carefully considered your appeal to drop ENGL 200, DRAM 200, ENGL 292 (F/W 2017-18) and ENGL 258 (W 2018) past the academic deadline. After reviewing your file, I have decided to grant your request.

Note that any change in academic registration may impact government or private-firm student financial assistance eligibility and/or funding. Please consult with the Student Awards Office, Office of the University Registrar, Gordon Hall, to understand the potential implications of changes to course or program registration and/or the consequences of not successfully completing the required course load.

I have granted this appeal based on the severity of your extenuating circumstances but need to warn you that the appeals process is not meant to be used to manage an ongoing situation. An appeal based on the same circumstances will not be granted in the future. Instead, you should consider taking a lighter course load and would include evaluating the impact of your demands on your studies prior to the drop deadline. The drop deadlines, as they have been outlined in the €œImportant Dates€ section on the Arts and Science web page, have been established by the Faculty of Arts and Science to ensure a fair and equitable treatment of all students and to facilitate the timely completion of university studies at Queen's. It is strongly recommended that you consider taking a lighter course load during the upcoming summer term, and certainly assess your progress in your summer term courses by the drop dates.

Yours sincerely,



Jill Atkinson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Studies)


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